Ways to Fix Damaged PST File

Microsoft Outlook is used for sending and receiving email messages, organizing calendars and contact information, scheduling tasks, managing notes etc. Outlook stores all of its information in a single PST (Personal Storage Table) file, named as Outlook.pst.

If you are unable to open your Outlook, then it usually means the PST file is been corrupt. If this encounters, it is advisable to fix corrupted Outlook PST file by scanning your PST using the scanpst.exe, a default Inbox Repair Tool by Microsoft Outlook that diagnoses the errors and repairs them as well. Scanpst resets the file structure and rebuilds the headers of a corrupt PST file. To repair Microsoft Outlook 2007 PST file with the scanpst you must know the default location of scanpst.exe on Outlook 2007. It is:

Drive: \Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12

There are many reasons, which results in a PST file corruption like- while transferring the Outlook from one PC to another or from one OS to another, you must be very careful about the import and export locations. Importing at the wrong location can make PST file inaccessible. The error message that pops up in this scenario is "Outlook.pst inaccessible". In Outlook 2002 or in the older version, try to limit the size of PST within 2GB. If the PST size crosses 2GB, you might encounter an error message "An unknown error has occurred. 0X80040116". Sometimes, while sending or receiving emails or while saving other important messages on Outlook you might get an error message on the screen as "Client Error: 0X80040600". This type of error occurs when the PST file of Outlook is corrupted or damaged. Virus attack or server failure can also damage the PST file. Sometimes due to the conflict between two or more antivirus program installed in the computer or incompatibility of any new software with the PC component or the operating system might also damage or corrupt the PST file. There can be many more such scenarios, which might lead you to the situation where you need to fix the infected PST file.

There are three possible things that you can do to fix PST on MS Outlook 2010. The first is to see if you have a backup of the PST, if yes then you can easily restore the damaged PST with a healthy PST from backup. The second thing is to use Inbox Repair Tool if the corruption of PST files it not severe. If both the ways are unable to fix damaged PST then use the best PST repair tool such as Fix PST that can fix Outlook 2003 PST file and also PST files of Outlook 2000, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2013 & 2016.

Fix PST scans the entire database for the damaged PST and makes use of its strong algorithm to completely fix the problem related to the inaccessibility of PST. It will fix archive PST file to recover old emails and other attributes of your Outlook profile. One of the unique features of this tool is, each time of the repair process a new repaired PST file is generated. During the repair process, the software also recovers deleted email messages, contacts, notes, etc. This software can repair Outlook PST file on Windows 7, 8, 10, Vista & XP based computers.

How to Easily Fix Damaged PST?

Step 1: Run the repair application and select "Open PST" option if you know the location of PST file, can select "Find PST" option to find the damaged PST on a particular drive, or can select the "Select Outlook Profile" option to repair damaged PST from particular Outlook profile as in figure A.

Step 2: If you have selected "Open PST", then browse the location for PST file and click "Next". If you have selected "Find PST", then you can select one particular drive. It will list out all PST files present on that drive. In that, you can then select the one you want to repair and click "Next" as shown in figure B.

Step 3: Now opt for a type of scan: Normal Scan (suitable when PST is less corrupted) or Smart Scan (suitable when PST file is severely corrupt). Select the destination location and click on the "Repair" as shown in figure C.

Figure C: Normal Scan/Smart Scan

Step 4: Once after the repair process, you can view the recovery results as shown in figure D.